What was Mechanical about Mechanics : The Concept of Force between Metaphysics and Mechanics from Newton to Lagrange /

The great debates of the 18th century about the true measure of living force and the principle of least action, etc., can only be understood in depth if we realize that, at that time, mechanics was more than just mechanics. From Newton and Leibniz to Euler, Maupertuis, d'Alembert, and Lagrange,...

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Main Author:	Boudri, J. Christiaan
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Series:	Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; 224.
Subjects:	Philosophy (General) Science > Philosophy. Mechanics. History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book